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The Union Leader, New Hampshire’s largest newspaper and one which reliably picked Republicans for a century earlier than the rise of Donald Trump, endorsed Nikki Haley on Sunday within the Republican main.
“Of course, we are able to’t speak about Nikki Haley with out addressing the elephant within the room and the moderately previous donkey hiding within the White House,” it wrote, alluding to Mr. Trump and President Biden — although making no point out of Mr. Trump by identify.
The newspaper didn’t endorse Mr. Trump within the earlier two cycles, both.
In the 2016 Republican contest, it backed then-Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey — however later retracted its endorsement when Mr. Christie, who dropped out of the race after a poor displaying in New Hampshire, endorsed Mr. Trump.
Then within the 2016 basic election, for the primary time in additional than 100 years, it did not endorse a Republican, as a substitute selecting Gary Johnson, the Libertarian nominee.
And in 2020, it endorsed Joseph R. Biden Jr. as a substitute of Mr. Trump, who had beforehand referred to as the newspaper’s writer a “lowlife” in a tv interview.
“Nikki Haley is a chance to vote for a candidate moderately than in opposition to these two,” the endorsement reads, once more referring to Mr. Trump and Mr. Trump. It referred to as Ms. Haley a “candidate who can run circles across the dinosaurs from the final two administrations, backwards and in heels.”
